Lourinhã Formation

Praia da Amoreira-Porto Novo Member

The Praia da Amoreira-Porto Novo Member is composed of the Praia de Amoreira Member, which consists of massive mudrock-sand with metre thick sandstone lenses, with massive mudrock with calcrete. The overlying Porto Novo Mb. consists of massive bodies of sandstone, often cross bedded. The environment of deposition is interpreted as a meandering fluvial system, while the Porto Novo Mb is interpreted as a deltaic deposit. It is interpreted to be latest Kimmeridgian in age, and overlies the Consolacao Unit at the top of the Aulacostephanus eudoxus ammonite zone.^[4][6] The Continental facies of the Porto Novo Member intersperse into the Praia Azul Member & they transition vertically and laterally into each other.^[7] At Vale Pombas at least 2 tongues of the Porto Novo Member are interspersed with 2 tongues of the Praia Azul Member.^[7] At Porto Dinheiro, the continental fluvial environment at the top of Porto Novo Member show tidal influence, evidence of interaction with the coastal ecosystem of the Praia Azul Member.^[8] In the region from Paimogo to Areia Branca the overlaying deposits of the Praia Azul Member correspond to the upper Porto Novo Member in that section, implying they intercalate.^[4] These details indicate the Praia Azul & Porto Novo Members represent laterally equivalent environments deposited simultaneously in adjacent, shifting, and laterally migrating sedimentary environments.

Praia Azul Member

The Praia Azul Member, formerly known as the Sobral unit/member is 80 to 130 metres thick and consists of tabular marls and mudstones, with rare sandstones bodies. There are three distinct laterally extensive (>20 km) thin shelly carbonate horizons within this member, indicating brief marine transgressions. South of Santa Cruz primarily consists of sandstone with rare conglomerate. The age is considered to be latest Kimmeridgian to earliest Tithonian, correlated to the ammonite zones of Hybonoticeras beckeri and Hybonoticeras hybonotum.^[4][6]

Santa Rita Member + Assenta Member

The Santa Rita Member in the Consolação sub-basin and its lateral equivalent in the Turcifal Basin the Assenta Member is around 300 metres thick and predominantly consists of mudstones with frequent layers of caliche. Near the top of the member several layers of tens of metres thick nodular and marly bioclastic limestones are present, containing marine benthic forams, the nodularity is derived from intense Thalassinoides burrowing. It is predominately late Tithonian in age, with the last few metres probably being earliest Berriasian, with the top of the formation roughly correlative with the base of the magnetochron M18n. (~144.7 Ma)^[9][4] The environment of deposition is interpreted as being an upper fluvial-dominated delta to meandering fluvial systems flowing on a paralic plain.

Ornithischia

Ornithopods

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Genus	Species	Member	Material	Notes	Images
Ankylopollexia indet.[11]	Indeterminate	Praia Azul Member Santa Rita Member Praia de Armoreia-Porto Novo member	Appendicular, axial, and cranial elements	The remains from Porto Novo pertain to a large ankylopollexian.[12] The dorsal vertebrae and scapula from Praia Azul are larger than most Ankylopollexia material from Lourinha & similar in size to Camptosaurus sp.[11]
Camptosaurus[13]	Intermediate[13]		Limb material[13]	Now referred to its own genus, Draconyx, along with some other material.[13]
Draconyx[13]	D. loureiroi[13]	Praia Azul Member[14]	A partial skeleton including teeth, caudal vertebrae, a chevron, a partial forelimb, and a partial right hindlimb[14]	An ankylopollexian
Dryosauridae indet.[11]	Indeterminate	Praia Azul Member Praia da Amoreira-Porto Novo Member	Appendicular, axial, and cranial elements	Various remains of indeterminate dryosaurids.
Eousdryosaurus[15]	E. nanohallucis[15]	Praia Azul Member[16]	A partial postcranial skeleton.	A basal iguanodontian ornithopod.
Hesperonyx[8]	H. martinhotomasorum	Porto Novo Member	Bones from the forelimbs and hindlimbs	A dryomorphan iguanodontian with uncertain affinities
Ornithopoda indet.[17]	Intermediate[17]	Praia Azul Member[18]	A single track[17]	Gigantic track indicating an ornithopod with a hip height of 2.5 meters. No known Jurassic Ornithopod reaches this size; the only known evidence for such sizes in this group is at the time. Found alongside the Deltapodus print.[17]
Phyllodon[10]	P. henkelli.[10]		Two teeth

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Color key Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon		Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.

Thyreophorans

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Genus	Species	Member	Material	Notes	Images
Dacentrurus[19]	D. armatus[19]	Santa Rita Member[20] Praia Azul Member[20] Praia de Armoreia-Porto Novo Member[20]	A specimen consists of a collection of skeletal remains consisting of a nearly complete dorsal vertebra, three dorsal vertebral centra, nine dorsal neural arch fragments, an incomplete sacrum that preserves only four sacral vertebrae, two sacral ribs, fragments of the dorsal sacral plate, the anterior process of the right pubis, and numerous fragmentary remains belonging to the dermal armor, in addition to several indeterminate fragments.	A stegosaurid, material referred to Miragaia may represent this taxon
Deltapodus[21]	D. brodricki[21]		Eleven tracks; Nine pes and two manus prints.[21]	The tracks can be separated into three different morphologies. However, all fall within the range of the ornithopod association of the pes and manus tracks to the same taxon, cannot be directly supported. Preserve various well-preserved skin impressions. The largest prints are larger than those from the type horizon. The tracks are individually represented and do not form any sort of trackway, though one print is associated with a giant ornithopod track,[17] potentially representing that the creatures were traveling together or were otherwise going to a similar location. Another is similarly associated with theropod and sauropod prints.[21]
Dracopelta[10]	D. zbyszewskii[10]	Assenta Member		An ankylosaur.
Miragaia[22]	M. longicollum[22]	Santa Rita Member[20] Praia Azul Member[20][23]	Holotype, neck, partial skull, forelimbs, ribs. Tentative juvenile specimen assigned to this taxon.[22]	A stegosaur with an unusually long neck of 17 cervicals, with more neck vertebrae than most sauropods.[22] Probably a junior synonym of Dacentrurus.[24][25]

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Saurischia

Sauropods

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Genus	Species	Member	Material	Notes	Images
Dinheirosaurus[27]	D. lourinhanensis[27]	Praia da Amoreira-Porta Novo Member[27] Praia Azul Member[23]	One specimen. Vertebrae; potentially other parts of the body.[27]	A diplodocid. Tschopp et al. (2015) sunk the genus into Supersaurus.[27] Found at the top of the Porto Novo Member.[16]
Diplodocidae indet.	Intermediate	Praia da Amoreira-Porto Novo Member[16] Praia Azul Member [28][29]	Variety of skeletal remains	Remains of various indeterminate diplodocid specimens. Some are regarded as distinct taxa from Dinheirosaurus.[16]
Lourinhasaurus[30]	L. alenquerensis[30]	Praia Azul Member Praia de Armoreia-Porto Novo Member[23]	A partial postcranial skeleton.	Possibly a camarasaurid macronarian.[30] Possible specimens include SHN 002 from the Praia de Armoreia-Porto Novo Member.[16]
Lusotitan[31][32]	L. atalaiensis[31][32]	Praia Azul Member Praia de Armoreia-Porto Novo Member[23]	Fragmentary material.[31]	A large brachiosaurid; a close relative of Brachiosaurus proper.[31]
Oceanotitan	O. dantasi[33]	Praia da Amoreira-Porta Novo Member	scapula, almost all of the pelvis, a complete leg sans the toes, and nine caudals.	A titanosauriform
Zby[26]	Z. atlanticus[26]	Amoreira-Porto Novo Member[26]	Holotype: Tooth, cervical neutral arch, forelimb, various other fragments.[26]	A turiasaur.[26] Found at the top of the Porto Novo Member.[26]
Flagellicaudata indet.	Indeterminate	Praia Azul Member[34]	Teeth; ML 2784	Teeth from an indeterminate flagellicaudatan, possibly a diplodocid. The tooth from the Praia Azul Member has a dental morphology similar to that reported from juvenile diplodocines.[34][35]
Sauropoda indet.	Indeterminate	Praia da Amoreira-Porta Novo Member[36]	Footprints	Large footprints, possibly from a brachiosaurid or diplodocid
Turiasauria indet.	Indeterminate	Praia Azul Member [16] Praia da Amoreira-Porto Novo Member[34]	Teeth	Teeth referred to indeterminate turiasaurs. Possibly from Zby.

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Theropods

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Genus	Species	Member	Material	Notes	Images
Abelisauridae indet.[37]	Intermediate[37]	Praia da Amoreira-Porto Novo Member[4]	Teeth; ML 966, Ml 327.[37]	Potentially diagnostic abelisaur teeth[37] but these may represent allosauroid teeth instead.[38]
Allosaurus[39][40]	A. europaeus[39]	Praia Azul Member[4] Praia da Amoreira-Porto Novo Member[41]	Two specimens, covering much of the body.[42]	Only European species of Allosaurus.
	A. fragilis[40]	Praia Azul Member[4]	Two specimens, covering much of the body.[42]	Now thought to represent a specimen of A. europaeus.[39]
Ceratosaurus[39][43][44]	C. sp.[39][43]	Praia da Amoreira-Porto Novo Member[39][43][26] Praia Azul Member[45][46]	Four specimens; teeth, a femur.[39][43]	Potentially a synonym of the type species, C. nasicornis. Sometimes referred to as C. sp., giving indication of possible distinctiveness or of being intermediate.[26] Remains also known from the Praia Azul Member. Remains come from Porto das Barcas, considered part of the Sobral Fm/Praia Azul Member.[16][47][4]
Dendroolithidae[2]	Indeterminant		Fragments of multiple eggs in a clutch, with associated embryonic remains.[2]	Probably eggs of Torvosaurus.[2]
Lusovenator[48]	L. santosi[48]	Praia de Amoreira Member[48] Assenta Member[48]	Two partial postcranial skeletons.[48]	Earliest known Carcharodontosaurian from Laurasia.[48]
Lourinhanosaurus[10][49]	L. antunesi[10][49]	Praia Azul Member[49]	Three individuals, one largely complete; over 100 eggs with significant amount of skeletal material.[49]	Has come out in various places in the tree, erroneously said to be a megalosaur,[39] mostly accepted to be a carnosaur, probably allosauroid, or basal coelurosaur. Currently unstable on the tree.[49]
Megalosaurus[37]	M. insignis[37]		Teeth.[37]	Invalid. Teeth belong to various other theropod taxa.[37]
	M. pombali[37]		Teeth.[37]	Invalid. Teeth belong to various other theropod taxa[37]
	M. sp.[37]		Tooth fragment.[37]	Invalid; Dubious.[37]
Richardoestesia[37]	R. aff. gilmorei[37]		Tooth; ML 939[37]	Only definite record of this taxon is from the Late Cretaceous of North America, despite erroneous and referrals from other sites in Portugal. Probably a close relative of Richardoestesia and not an actual representation of the taxon.[37]
Torvosaurus[39][50]	T. gurneyi[50]	Praia da Amoreira-Porto Novo Member[50] Praia Azul Member[51][52]	Maxilla, Teeth, Femur; Egg clutch and embryos.[2][39][50][53]	Largest known European theropod. Previous known as Portugal populations of the type species, or as T. sp., before description in early 2014.[50]
	T. tanneri[50]	Praia da Amoreira-Porto Novo[26][53]	Maxilla, Teeth, Femur; Probable embryo.[49][50]	Now described as a distinct species of Torvosaurus, T. gurneyi. Sometimes referred to as T. sp. in the past.[50]
Dromaeosauridae? indet.	Indeterminate	Praia Azul Member[54]	Teeth	Teeth pertaining to a possible dromaeosaur.
Elaphrosaurinae Indet.	Indeterminate	Praia da Armoreia de-Porto Novo Member	ML 2050; skeletal remains	An indeterminate elaphrosaurine closely related to Elaphrosaurus[55]

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Docodonta

Cladotheria

Multituberculata